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The best explanation of blockchain has to be (unsurprisingly) 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4

Would highly recommend watching this video for anyone who hasn't already.

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My favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_160oMzblY8

It explains from ground up without getting complicated - it basically demystifies the whole thing completely

i give this to everyone - even to non technical people

Thank you! I enjoyed the video and was able to understand better the basics of cryptocurrencies by watching it.

I've seen this before and it's so awesome. Best block chain explanation I've ever come across (much better than 3blue1brown imo).

Where is part 2? :)

What a great video. Explaining the database model of blockchain without all the scripture.

There's also the oldie but goodie James D'Angelo Bitcoin 101 videos, the blockchain one is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUwXCt1qkBU

The elliptic curve one is fascinating, where he has it implemented in like 30 lines of Python and no outside dependencies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB3HcPgm_FI

Edit: EC is a 2-part, second part is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2bw_N6kQL8

I second this. This was the explanation where I finally understood the big picture of ledgers, blockchain & proof of work

I was about to write the same thing. The 3b1b video is my gold standard for blockchain explanations. I also have high hopes for his ongoing neural network series[0], but haven't yet found time to watch the first two videos.

[0]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDNU6R1_6700...

Thanks, will watch! I'm interested in learning Blockchain dev myself, and listened to this a couple of days ago on my commute. Found it very good:

https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2017/10/12/blockchain-b...

I came here to post the same link! I'm always amazed at the number of programmers who pooh pooh blockchains as a fad (they probably are a bit oversold at the moment) but when they realize what they are and how they work, go hmm.

Absolutely agree with this. It's a shame that for the moment such a revolutionary technology is getting so tied up with _super_ shady stuff. For every 10 awful Ponzi ICOs there's a real gem of someone using new tech to really try and push boundaries.

I wouldn't worry about it. This phenomenon is true, maybe to a lower degree of mania, for technologies past (trains, exploration, gold rushes, every tech bubble) and present (crispr, biologics)

Me too!

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